Chapter 97 98 Return

Chapter 97 98. Return trip

The next morning, Luo Ning took McCann, and under the leadership of Zhuweite, arrived at the Huitu Tribe, which was the renamed Huitu Village.

This place is worthy of being the strongest party in the tripartite alliance. As the forefront of facing the enemy, the larger number of people in Huitu Village is just an appearance.

The light labor force here accounts for a large proportion, and the elderly population over fifty years old accounts for a very small proportion. I don’t know if they all died or were transferred to Qingzhu Village and Ziguo Village.

For Luo Ning, the more young adults here, the better. They can run Huitu Village well without him having to transfer people to Shanlin Town.

In addition to the population, Huitu Village has also built more fortifications.

Especially the place where Slaine lives is really a bit like a noble's castle. Although the area is a bit small, it has fence exterior walls made of wood, as well as solid towers and fortresses made of earth and stone.

Without the intelligence and strategies provided by Jenny, it would indeed take some effort to lure Slain and others out to fight and capture this place.

After arriving at Gray Earth Village, under the arrangement of Redal, Luo Ning had lunch with everyone.

When things here are over, he will return to Shanlin Town, and the houses in Huitu Village will be handed over to Redal to manage.

In fact, not only defense, but anything here can be left to him.

In Luo Ning's heart, people with Sun-level qualifications who are unlikely to betray him are worth cultivating.

Now let Ruidal learn some experience in Huitu Village. When the territory expands in the future, he can be appointed as the "Frontier Official".

In fact, not only Rydal, but also Elrond and McCann can play this role.

By appointing these three people, Luo Ning doesn't have to worry about them becoming bigger and stronger and starting to distance themselves from Wushan Castle like Orson did.

Of course, Luo Ning only handed over the management of Gray Earth Village to Ruidal, not enfeoffment.

When he becomes a viscount or earl in the future, whether he will need to grant fiefs and titles to his followers is still a question worth thinking about.

To be honest, he prefers centralization of power over enfeoffment.

In the afternoon, under Redal's advance arrangements, Luo Ning met with all the residents of Gray Earth Village as a noble and master, letting these people know who they needed to be loyal to.

At the same time, Luo Ning has gained experience in Shanlin Town, Qingzhu Village and Ziguo Village. Now facing these new residents, he can naturally say a series of inflammatory words, which can not only calm the hearts of these people. The anxiety and uneasiness can also inspire some people's expectations and yearning for the future.

In fact, the thinking of this group of people is not complicated. If the owner changes, as long as they are not sold, killed, and have food, everything else will be easy.

As for whether he will work actively or be lazy and fish in the future, that is a matter for another day.

"Sir, this is where the ashes come out."

After Luo Ning met with the residents, he went to the northeast of the village under the leadership of Redal.

"I did a brief survey and found that it extends from the top of this mountain to the north for several miles. If you dig a little four or five meters into the ground, you can see such clods of soil, which is what you call kaolin."

During his free time in Huitu Village these two days, Redal did a simple survey considering that Luo Ning was interested in Huitu.

Although digging four to five meters deep is a bit difficult for ordinary people, he can still do it using his fighting spirit and long sword.

"In other words, this earth mine extends for at least several miles."

Luo Ning looked at the top of the mountain. Although it didn't sound big, it had not been completely surveyed and there were still many uncertain factors.

But in any case, the current level of kaolin is enough for Luoning's initial development.

"We will conduct a survey later when we have time to see what the length, width and height of this earth mine are." He ordered.

"Okay sir."

Redal learned from Jewett how much the lord valued kaolin, but they didn't know the specific uses of this soil, and they were all curious.

"Sir, how are you going to use this soil? Are you going to make pottery?"

Luo Ning smiled mysteriously, "If it is only used to make pottery, it would be a waste. Just wait and see, Commander, you can't imagine its value."

Redal only felt that the young lord in front of him had endless knowledge hidden in his mind. I am afraid that the role of kaolin clay was in an area that he did not know yet.

"Since this kind of soil is very important, we should protect it, so should we stop cultivating the wheat fields next to it?"

Luo Ning thought for a while, "Let's stop this one mile away from here. If there is no soil ore involved, use the cultivated land if it can still be used."

"Also, arrange for a few people to pack a few more bags of kaolin, and I will take them back to Shanlin Town for research."

Luo Ning knew the general method of making porcelain, but there were still many problems that he needed to try to solve between "knowing" and making it.

Once he has a clear path, he will establish a porcelain manufacturing base here and create a Jingdezhen in another world.

"After I go back, I'll leave the affairs here to you."

Luo Ning said: "I will arrange for people to come over to implement new farming techniques in a while, and you will cooperate with me. In addition, you can learn from the construction team, logging team and dung collection team here."

He said, pointing here, "We can first build a batch of better quality houses near the kaolin veins. We will need them later."

Ronin informed Riedal of what Gray Earth Village was going to do next, and asked him to arrange people to refer to the way of Shanlin Town. The efficiency could be a little lower, but the foundation must be there.

In addition, there were three carpenters and two masons in Gray Earth Village. Ronin kept one of each and took the rest back to Shanlin Town.

The carpenters were put into the iron and wood workshop and made the plow body of the curved plow, and the masons were taken back to Shanlin Town to build houses. In any case, Shanlin Town is connected to the outside world from a geographical point of view, and there is no doubt that it should be developed first.

It's a pity that his territory has a population of 3,000, but the number of craftsmen is still very small. He can only ask these existing craftsmen to bring out more newcomers.

In the next three days, Ronin stayed in Gray Earth Village, on the one hand to inspect the environment around the tribe, and on the other hand to walk around and see more, which can also stabilize people's hearts.

In addition, he spent a day going to the southeast of the village and spied on the Black Collar Tribe from a distance.

As a place that Baron Sean has touched, the Black Collar Tribe is much more rigorous than the Tripartite Alliance. Before Roning reached the opponent's range, he found that there were several sentry towers set up at intervals along the way, which should be to guard against the sneak attack of the Tripartite Alliance.

With such defense, plus the fact that there must be stronger fortifications built inside than the Gray Earth Village, Roning was very wise to choose to temporarily suspend the attack without sufficient intelligence support.

He has now accumulated more than 200 energy essences. When he becomes a Level 4 Transcendent, he can add points to Rydar and Macken, so that their strength can be further improved after they are promoted to the Bronze Level.

At that time, attacking the Black Collar Tribe will be much less difficult and the losses will be reduced.

On October 2, Roning, who had finished inspecting the Gray Earth Village, began to return.

After returning to Shanlin Town this time, in addition to recuperating and digesting the results of the battle, Roning also needs to go to Wushan Fort.

It has been a month since his father, Earl Wiggins, was injured. I think Wushan Fort should be relatively calm.

No matter what, in the eyes of outsiders, Roning is always Wiggins' son. If he goes back to visit a month later, he can make up some excuses, but it would be too much to delay it any longer.

Roning has no intention of severing his relationship with the other party.

Although the Wushan Fort is about to collapse, it has not collapsed after all, and there are still many benefits to relying on the building.

Moreover, Roning has the blood of the Wushan family flowing in his body. No matter what he does, he can't draw a clear line with Wushan Fort. If Wushan Fort really collapses, it will not be good for him.

So after going back to settle down a little this time, Roning is ready to set off for Wushan Fort.

Of course, visiting Wiggins is only one of the purposes. He can take this opportunity to see if he can get more resources for Shanlin Town.

He needs money, craftsmen, labor, etc.

Thanks to Qinghe Sanren for the reward, thank you sir~